diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index b8b7ac02cf94b5ff987ddf601ef85009a5d3c415..e5c6d8dbe18199c055df08e10d65a0dae3dbb1f0 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2013-08-14 Richard Larsson <ric.larsson@gmail.com> + + * ARTS-XML-DATA-2-1-55 + + * spectroscopy/QuantumConstants/README: Now explains the other file. + 2013-08-14 Richard Larsson <ric.larsson@gmail.com> * ARTS-XML-DATA-2-1-54 diff --git a/spectroscopy/QuantumConstants/README b/spectroscopy/QuantumConstants/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..19ca9a7aa25f35bb3cba22535e45a876f881885c --- /dev/null +++ b/spectroscopy/QuantumConstants/README @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +Format of zeeman_constants.xml: + +@ Isotope GS Spin Hund_case + +where GS is a constant for the molecule that calculates the effective g-value, +Spin is a molecular constant, and Hund_case tells the program to estimate the +calculations with a specific Hund case. + +The Zeeman split is calculated with changes in energy levels. Essentially, +dE = g M C_Z, +where +g = GS/2 * g_H, +and g_H is a function of the quantum numbers for a certain transition and +certain Hund case, M is the quantum number projection of the total angular +momentum on the magnetic field, and C_Z is a function of physical constants and +the magnetic field. + +The change in frequency is then calculated from +df = dE'-dE'', +where the primes tells you that the quantum numbers are before and after the +transition. + +Hund case a is number "0", and +Hund case b is number "1". + +GS = 2.0023193043622 means that the electron is free, and is used when we had no +data for GS, but rather just guessed. + +The GS values for O2, NO, OH, ClO, and SO are from + +H. Christensen, and L. Veseth, On the High-Precision Zeeman Effect in 02 and SO. +Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 72, 438-444, 1978. + +L. Veseth, Relativistic Corrections to the Zeeman Effect in Diatomic Molecules. +Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 66, 259-271, 1977. diff --git a/spectroscopy/QuantumConstants/zeeman_constant.xml b/spectroscopy/QuantumConstants/zeeman_constants.xml similarity index 100% rename from spectroscopy/QuantumConstants/zeeman_constant.xml rename to spectroscopy/QuantumConstants/zeeman_constants.xml